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Designing and Implementing Career Programs: A Handbook for Effective Practice

Author/Editor: James P. Sampson, Jr. PhD

Year: 2008

The purpose of this handbook is to stimulate discussion among senior managers, managers, practitioners, administrative staff, and stakeholders about the cost-effective design and delivery of career resources, service-delivery tools, and services for adolescents and adults in career centers and schools who have varying needs for assistance in making occupational, educational, training, and employment decisions. Monograph.

Program Evaluation Strategies Five-step Model for Providing Accountability Data Eight-step Implementation Model Making Implementation a Success Strategies for Adapting the Models Presented in the Handbook Resources Available in the Appendices and Accompanying CD-ROM include:

Glossary of key terms

Staff training handout, "Key Elements in Designing and Implementing Career Resources and Services"

Template and example of a resource guide

Identifying potential career resources and services for resource guides

Resource guide worksheet

Individual learning plan

Example of a completed individual learning plan

Example of an information handout

Implementation checklist

Worksheet for managing implementation

PowerPoint presentations for staff training on the following topics are included: career services, service-delivery tools, career resources, evaluation and accountability, eight-step implementation model, and implementation success.